The Toronto Maple Leafs have also been in the conversation about Babcock’s coaching future, but Friedman does not think that’s where Babcock will end up.

“I could be wrong about Toronto, but I just think that they’re at the bottom of a total restart and he’s (Babcock) not going to be patient enough to lose there for three or four years,” he said during a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast Monday.

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